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Examples of non-hermitian quantum systems admitting topological insulator phase are presented in one, two and three space dimensions. All of these non-hermitian Hamiltonians have entirely real bulk eigenvalues and unitarity is maintained…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-03-19 Pijush K. Ghosh

We propose a Chern insulator in a two-dimensional electron system with Dresselhaus spin-orbit coupling, ferromagnetism, and spin-dependent effective mass. The analytically-obtained topological phase diagrams show the topological phase…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-10 Rui-An Chang , Ching-Ray Chang

We study a special class of topological phase transitions in two dimensions described by the inversion of bands with relative angular momentum higher than 1. A band inversion of this kind, which is protected by rotation symmetry, separates…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-01-02 Jörn W. F. Venderbos , Yichen Hu , C. L. Kane

Quantum anomalous Hall insulators are topologically characterized by non-zero integer Chern numbers, the sign of which depends on the direction of the exchange field that breaks time-reversal symmetry. This feature allows the manipulation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-06 Nezhat Pournaghavi , Carlo M. Canali

Topological insulators [1-6] is a new quantum phase of matter with exotic properties such as dissipationless transport and protection against Anderson localization [7]. These new states of quantum matter could be one of the missing links…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-07-29 M. Klintenberg

The quantum Hall (QH) effect, quantized Hall resistance combined with zero longitudinal resistance, is the characteristic experimental fingerprint of Chern insulators - topologically non-trivial states of two-dimensional matter with broken…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-02-07 Cui-Zu Chang , Chao-Xing Liu , Allan H. MacDonald

We propose that the topological magneto-electric (ME) effect, a hallmark of topological insulators (TIs), can be realized in thin films of TIs in the $\nu=0$ quantum Hall state under magnetic field or by doping two magnetic ions with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-08-12 Takahiro Morimoto , Akira Furusaki , Naoto Nagaosa

Topological bosonic excitations must, in contrast to their fermionic counterparts, appear at finite energies. This is a key challenge for magnons, as it prevents straightforward excitation and detection of topologically-protected magnonic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-10-04 Pieter M. Gunnink , Joren S. Harms , Rembert A. Duine , Alexander Mook

Non-Hermiticity gives rise to unique topological phases without Hermitian analogs. However, the effective field theory has yet to be established. Here, we develop a field-theoretical description of the intrinsic non-Hermitian topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-01 Kohei Kawabata , Ken Shiozaki , Shinsei Ryu

The checkerboard lattice is a two-dimensional non-trivial structure usually seen as a planar version of the pyrochlore lattice. This geometry supports a two-band insulating electronic system with Chern topology induced by a complex hopping…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-12-24 P. G. de Oliveira , A. S. T. Pires

We show that certain three-dimensional multigap topological insulators can host quantized integrated shift photoconductivities due to bulk invariants that are defined under reality conditions imposed by additional symmetries. We recast the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-10-30 Wojciech J. Jankowski , Robert-Jan Slager

Electronic topological phases of matter, characterized by robust boundary states derived from topologically nontrivial bulk states, are pivotal for next-generation electronic devices. However, understanding their complex quantum phases,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-03-18 Xiang Li , Yixiao Chen , Bohao Li , Haoxiang Chen , Fengcheng Wu , Ji Chen , Weiluo Ren

Non-Hermitian skin-edge states emerge only at one edge in one-dimensional nonreciprocal chains, where all states are localized at the edge irrespective of eigenvalues. The bulk topological number is the winding number associated with the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-10 Motohiko Ezawa

We construct new many-body invariants for 2d Chern and 3d chiral hinge insulators, which are characterized by quantized pumping of dipole and quadrupole moments. The invariants that we devise are written entirely in terms of many-body…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-01-13 Byungmin Kang , Wonjun Lee , Gil Young Cho

We investigate a model of Dirac fermions with Haldane type mass impurities which open a global topological gap even in the dilute limit. Surprisingly, we find that the chirality of this mass term, i.e., the sign of the Chern number, can be…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-08 Avedis Neehus , Frank Pollmann , Johannes Knolle

Altermagnets (AMs) exhibit vanishing net magnetization but strong momentum-dependent spin splitting enforced by crystal symmetry. Here, we explore the non-Hermitian effects in dissipative two-dimensional AMs. We show that symmetry-compliant…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-23 Xiao-Ming Zhao , Cui-Xian Guo , Xin-Ran Ma , Xiao-Ran Wang , Su-Peng Kou

The large spin orbit coupling in topological insulators results in helical spin-textured Dirac surface states that are attractive for topological spintronics. These states generate an efficient spin-orbit torque on proximal magnetic moments…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-02-07 Yang Lv , James Kally , Delin Zhang , Joon Sue Lee , Mahdi Jamali , Nitin Samarth , Jian-Ping Wang

We introduce topological skyrmion semimetal phases of matter, characterized by bulk electronic structures with topological defects in ground state observable textures over the Brillouin zone (BZ), rather than topological degeneracies in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-11-28 Shu-Wei Liu , Joe H. Winter , A. M. Cook

We demonstrate the dissipationless transport of the chiral edge state (CES) in the nanodevices of quantum anomalous Hall insulator candidate MnBi2Te4. The device presents a near-zero longitudinal resistance together with a quantized Hall…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-02-16 Zhe Ying , Shuai Zhang , Bo Chen , Bin Jia , Fucong Fei , Minhao Zhang , Haijun Zhang , Xuefeng Wang , Fengqi Song

The long-sought Chern insulators that manifest quantum anomalous Hall effect are typically considered to occur solely in ferromagnets. Here, we theoretically predict the realizability of Chern insulators in antiferromagnets, of which the…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-09-24 Yuntian Liu , Jiayu Li , Qihang Liu